1882_Liverpool_City_Council_election
1882 Liverpool City Council election
1882 UK local government election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1882. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Ten of the sixteen seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
More information Party, Councillors ...
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
| Irish Home Rule | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
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More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.5% | 43% | 4,926 | ||
| Liberal | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 48% | 5,540 | ||
| Home Rule | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5% | ||||
| Ratepayers' Association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 5.8% | 663 | ||
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2.7% | 304 | ||
| Labour League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.24% | 28 | ||
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* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dr. Nicholas Kenrick Marsh * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Castle Street
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Samuel Smith * | 788 | 52% | ||
| Conservative | Edmund Taylor | 730 | 48% | ||
| Majority | 58 | 4% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,518 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Everton
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Galloway | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Exchange
Great George
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Benjamin Lewis * | 563 | 61% | ||
| Conservative | Thomas McCracken | 356 | 39% | ||
| Majority | 207 | 22% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 919 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Lime Street
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sir James Allanson Picton * | 690 | 78% | ||
| Ratepayers' Association | Archibald Beatty | 195 | 22% | ||
| Majority | 495 | 56% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 885 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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North Toxteth
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Thomas Hughes * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Pitt Street
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jeremiah Miles * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Rodney Street
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Philip Henry Rathbone * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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St. Anne Street
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joseph Woodcock | 815 | 48% | ||
| Ratepayers' Association | Patrick Byrne | 468 | 27% | ||
| Liberal | Henry Vaughan | 391 | 23% | ||
| Labour League | John O'Brien | 28 | 1.6% | ||
| Majority | 424 | 21% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,702 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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St. Paul's
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Davies * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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St. Peter's
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Stevenson | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Scotland
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Rule | Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Home Rule hold | Swing | ||||
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South Toxteth
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Radcliffe * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Vauxhall
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Rule | Andrew Commins MP * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Home Rule hold | Swing | ||||
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West Derby
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Samuel Leigh Gregson | 3,025 | 57% | ||
| Liberal | William Simpson | 2,266 | 43% | ||
| Majority | 759 | 14% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 5,291 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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No.2, Scotland, 7 August 1883
Caused by the death of Councillor Patrick de Lacy Garton (Irish Home Rule, Scotland, elected 1 November 1880 – 1881) [5] [6]
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Rule | Patrick Byrne | 1,690 | 58% | ||
| Joseph Thomas | 1,153 | 39% | |||
| John O'Brien | 78 | 2.7% | |||
| Majority | 537 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,921 | ||||
| Home Rule hold | Swing | ||||
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Aldermanic By Election, 18 September 1883
Alderman John Weightman died on 5 August 1883. [9] Former Councillor Robert Vining (Conservative, Everton, elected 1 November 1876) [10] was elected as an alderman by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) on 18 September 1883. [11]
- Liverpool City Council
- Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
- Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
- Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
- History of local government in England
- Liverpool Daily Post Thursday 2 November 1882
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- "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 251". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 page 251". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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- "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 page 2". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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